Hugh Latimer | |
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Bishop of Worcester | |
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Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Worcester |
In office | 1535–1539 |
Predecessor | Girolamo Ghinucci |
Successor | John Bell |
Other post(s) | Chaplain to the Royal Household |
Orders | |
Ordination | 15 July 1515 |
Consecration | 1535 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1487 |
Died | 16 October 1555 (aged 67-68) Oxford, Oxfordshire, Kingdom of England |
Nationality | English |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Education | University of Cambridge |
Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
Hugh Latimer (c. 1487 – 16 October 1555) was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and Bishop of Worcester during the Reformation, and later Church of England chaplain to King Edward VI. In 1555 under the Catholic Queen Mary I he was burned at the stake, becoming one of the three Oxford Martyrs of Anglicanism.